Friko, die Indierockband aus Chicago, hat kürzlich mit ihrem zweiten Album „Something Worth Waiting For“ eine der besten Platten des Jahres veröffentlicht. Insbesondere die erste Single „Seven Degrees“, die schön Beatles-Harmonien mit NeutralMilkHotel-esquen Fuzz-Krach kombiniert, hat mich mit der schönen Zeile „I have searched, I have crawled / I have drank at every bar / Still I sit and weep“ sehr begeistert.

* Your three favourite Punk singles/songs?

Stop Your Sobbing – The Pretenders

Search and Destroy – Iggy Pop and The Stooges

Police On My Back – The Clash

* A record that will make you dance?

Remain In Light – Talking Heads

* Your favourite song lyrics?

“I’m one too many morning and a thousand miles behind”
– Bob Dylan from One Too Many Mornings

* The best “new” artist / band right now?

Fontaines DC:
They’re able to be a big band while also still making meaningful music and meaning something as a band.

* Your favourite song about rebellion/revolution?

Teenage Riot – Sonic Youth

* Your favourite movie about music – and why?

Right now it’s “Hype!” A documentary on the Seattle music scene in the 80’s and 90’s, except it doesn’t focus on the bigger bands much at all, more on the rise of the scene and how that Seattle culture spread across the world.

* Neutral Milk Hotel, Bright Eyes or Pavement – which one do you prefer and why?

It’s close between Neutral Milk Hotel and Pavement for me, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea would def be my favorite record between the three bands, but Pavement has more songs that I love.

* Your favourite band/artist from Chicago ever?

Donny Hathaway

* Your favourite song this year so far (or last year)?

I’ll Change For You – Mitski

* The best song you’ve ever written / recorded?

Id honestly say a new song that we’ll have for our third record, but for one thats already out I’d say “Where We’ve Been”

* Your favourite german song/record?

Favorite song: Radioactivity – Kraftwerk

Favorite record: Future Days – Can

* Your favourite record of all time?

The Times They Are A’Changin- Bob Dylan

(Antworten: Sänger/Gitarrist Niko Kapetan)

Das neue Album von FRIKO ist bereits erschienen: